SEATTLE — An anonymous donor paid for a 10-day motel stay in Kent for asylum seekers who were told to set up camp at a Seattle park.
A group of 140 people seeking asylum, mostly from Venezuela, say their encampment in the park was a last resort.
Families, including children from Venezuela, Angola, and the Republic of Congo, lived on the tennis courts near the Garfield Community Center.
Among them is mom Linda Karen, who says she never thought she’d leave Venezuela – let alone come to Washington state.
“It’s no secret that our country (Venezuela) is in crisis right now – well, so, we left our country to
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